National Laser User Facilities ProgramThe Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) at the University of Rochester (UR) was established in 1970 to investigate the interaction of high power lasers with matter. It is home of the Omega Laser Facility that includes OMEGA, a 30 KJ UV 60 beam laser system (at a wavelength of 0.35 um) and OMEGA EP, a four-beam, high-energy, high-intensity, short -pulse (ps) laser capable of petawatt operation on two of the beamlines.
Photo Caption: Above, students and advisor Dr. Richard Petrasso of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center work on the detector proto-type tests that were implemented at the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics, where the inertial confinement fusion implosions were then conducted. This work was based on research performed largely under NLUF contracts. The NLUF is the principal means by which the MIT high energy density physics program has been able to conduct such cutting edge research. |